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United States of America has 94 juridical districts that are organized into 12 geographic
circuits. Each circuit has a United States court of appeals. A court of appeals hears appeals from the
district courts located within its circuit, as well as appeals from decisions of federal administrative
agencies. In addition, a thirteenth federal circuit court has nationwide jurisdiction to hear appeals in
The State of Nevada belongs to The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The court was established in 1891 and currently has a total of twenty-nine seats. Currently the court
has two vacancies out of the twenty-nine total seats. However there is one pending nomination
awaiting action by the Senate. The court is located at Federal Courthouse in San Francisco, CA. The
Ninth Circuit heard cases that can include civil and criminal matters, and it has appellate
jurisdiction. Appellate jurisdiction is the power of a higher court to hear appeals from a lower
court
Article X1 of the Nevada Constitution addresses the subject of Education. This article has
ten sections, and gives to the legislature the responsibility of encouraging by all suitable means the
University and common schools by direct legislative appropriation; priority of appropriations) The
article requires the legislature to appropriate money from the state general fund for the support of
Education.
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Regents shall be determined by law. The Board of regents is a corporate body, legally responsible
for the University of Nevada. Its function is to control and manage the Nevada System Higher
Education.
Sectarian instruction in all public schools including college is explicitly outlawed by the
Nevada Constitutions (Article X1, Section 9). Moreover, any public school that allows or engages
in sectarian instruction may lose its funding from the state (Article X1, Section 2). These two
sections are related to Section 10 under the Article X1, which states that No public money to be
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